TY - BOOK ID - 67092166 TI - The Sharīʻa and Islamic criminal justice in time of war and peace PY - 2014 SN - 9781107040687 110704068X 9781107684171 110768417X 9781139629249 1107461715 1107454638 1139629247 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Islamic law KW - Civil rights (Islamic law) KW - Criminal justice, Administration of (Islamic law) KW - Public law (Islamic law) KW - History KW - Interpretation and construction KW - Islamic law - History KW - Islamic law - Interpretation and construction - History KW - History. KW - Civil law (Islamic law) KW - Law, Arab KW - Law, Islamic KW - Law in the Qurʼan KW - Sharia (Islamic law) KW - Shariʻah (Islamic law) KW - Law, Oriental KW - Law, Semitic UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:67092166 AB - This innovative and important book applies classical Sunni Muslim legal and religious doctrine to contemporary issues surrounding armed conflict. In doing so it shows that the shari'a and Islamic law are not only compatible with contemporary international human rights law and international humanitarian law norms, but are appropriate for use in Muslim societies. By grounding contemporary post-conflict processes and procedures in classical Muslim legal and religious doctrine, it becomes more accessible to Muslim societies who are looking for appropriate legal mechanisms to deal with the aftermath of armed conflict. This book uniquely presents a critique of the violent practices of contemporary Muslims and Muslim clerics who support these practices. It rebuts Islamophobes in the West that discredit Islam on the basis of the abhorrent practices of some Muslims, and hopes to reduce tensions between Western and Islamic civilizations by enhancing common understanding of the issues. ER -